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Syntax

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Strict SVO

  • אַנִי רָאַהָה אוֹתַּ — ani raʼaha ˈʔo.ta — ‘I see you’ (fused accusative pronoun).

  • Alternative analytic strategy: אַנִי רָאַהָה אֶת אַתַּ with אֶת + independent pronoun.

  • Negation: לֹא precedes the verb — אַנִי לֹא כָּתַבָה ‘I do not write’.

Copula in present

Predicative adjectives and nouns use zero copula in simple present clauses: הוּ טוֹב hu tov ‘She/he/it is good’.